Music Business News: South Korea Analysis News HYBE’s not the only K-pop giant eyeing the US: SM Entertainment plans $150m Stateside acquisition to speed up global expansionOver the weekend, HYBE officially ceased its attempt to acquire a 40% stake in SM Entertainment. News HYBE pulls out of bid to acquire 40% stake in SM Entertainment: ‘The market has been showing signs of overheating due to our competition with Kakao.’It's the end of the road for HYBE's ambition to buy up a large stake in one of its biggest K-pop rivals News HYBE’s SM Entertainment takeover plan falls short, Kakao launches $960m offer for controlling stakeSM Entertainment’s shareholders are not buying into HYBE’s plan to take control of its rival News In victory for HYBE, SM Entertainment ends Kakao deal as court blocks firm from issuing new sharesSeoul court grants provisional injunction to block the company from issuing new shares Analysis News From Universal’s billions to Deezer’s new Board Director… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days News HYBE says it ‘has been considering the acquisition of SM Entertainment for a long time’ as it launches campaign to win support from SM shareholdersHYBE says campaign was developed "to protect shareholder value from inappropriate actions by the current management at SM". News HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report)Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates Analysis News Taylor Swift’s recorded music generated more money globally than any other artist in 2022MBW explains why Bad Bunny didn't make the Top 3 - despite having the biggest streaming album by far in the US last year1 2 … 18 Next
Analysis News HYBE’s not the only K-pop giant eyeing the US: SM Entertainment plans $150m Stateside acquisition to speed up global expansionOver the weekend, HYBE officially ceased its attempt to acquire a 40% stake in SM Entertainment.
News HYBE pulls out of bid to acquire 40% stake in SM Entertainment: ‘The market has been showing signs of overheating due to our competition with Kakao.’It's the end of the road for HYBE's ambition to buy up a large stake in one of its biggest K-pop rivals
News HYBE’s SM Entertainment takeover plan falls short, Kakao launches $960m offer for controlling stakeSM Entertainment’s shareholders are not buying into HYBE’s plan to take control of its rival
News In victory for HYBE, SM Entertainment ends Kakao deal as court blocks firm from issuing new sharesSeoul court grants provisional injunction to block the company from issuing new shares
Analysis News From Universal’s billions to Deezer’s new Board Director… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
News HYBE says it ‘has been considering the acquisition of SM Entertainment for a long time’ as it launches campaign to win support from SM shareholdersHYBE says campaign was developed "to protect shareholder value from inappropriate actions by the current management at SM".
News HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report)Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s recorded music generated more money globally than any other artist in 2022MBW explains why Bad Bunny didn't make the Top 3 - despite having the biggest streaming album by far in the US last year